Eisenhower, the late president and Army general. These dollars were of the traditional size and bore a portrait of Dwight D. An omnibus bill passed at the end of that year provided for the elimination of all silver from the half dollar and production of a new dollar coin that was likewise to be of the copper-nickel-clad composition.
As this restriction ran out in 1970, the owners of gambling casinos were lobbying for dollar coins to replace the ones lost to silver hoarders. VarietyPlus Eisenhower Dollars (1971-1978)Īfter the aborted Peace Dollar coinage in 1965, Congress mandated that no more silver dollars be coined for a period of five years.
